Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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Rhea Seehorn Nov 09, 2026

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Rhea Seehorn (Stick, Pluribus, Better Call Saul) is an Emmy Award-winning actor. Rhea joins the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up with a counterintelligence agent for a father, getting a crash course in status symbols in Virginia Beach, and discovering acting through a college requirement. Rhea and Dax talk about sharing a house while shooting Better Call Saul, telling eight pages of story without a word of dialogue, and training to look like a golf pro for Stick. Rhea explains how perfectionism can turn errands into paralysis, why needing a day job never meant giving up acting, and what happens when the need to be right leaves no room for uncertainty.

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Armchair Anonymous: Jail Nov 06, 2026

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Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they ended up in jail.

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Kelly McGonigal (on joy) Nov 04, 2026

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Kelly McGonigal (Joy Is a Risk Worth Taking, The Joy of Movement, The Upside of Stress) is a psychologist, bestselling author, and dance instructor. Kelly joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up with a mirror twin in New Jersey, navigating childhood with unexplained chronic pain, and finding freedom at Boston University. Kelly and Dax talk about studying psychopaths recruited through newspaper ads, sneaking compassion into her viral TED Talk, and spreading joy in dance class despite her own pessimism. Kelly explains why joy doesn’t require a happy life, how connecting with strangers challenges our cynicism, and why singing with a concert crowd can restore our faith in humanity.

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Mom's Car: Minka Kelly Nov 03, 2026

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On this week’s episode of Mom’s Car we welcome Minka Kelly (Ransom Canyon, Friday Night Lights, Parenthood). Minka, Dax, and Best Friend Aaron Weakley talk through putting your darkest secrets in a book, revisiting the peep show where you once worked, the relief of no longer being the young cheerleader on set, finding a partner whose suck matches your suck, why a proper joint beats a gummy, and Dax’s escalating toothpick addiction.

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Brittany Snow Nov 02, 2026

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Brittany Snow (The Hunting Wives, Pitch Perfect, Parachute) is an actor, singer, and director. Brittany joins the Armchair Expert to discuss commuting from middle school in Florida to a soap opera in New York, getting her orthodontic hardware removed for a cracker commercial, and entering recovery at sixteen. Brittany and Dax talk about rediscovering her love of performing through Pitch Perfect, the double standard for mothers behaving badly onscreen, and turning her own recovery into her directorial debut. Brittany explains why falling in love can become another addiction, how her relationship with her father has changed through Alzheimer’s, and why realizing nobody cares can be comforting.

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Armchair Anonymous: Halloween II Oct 30, 2026

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Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time something crazy happened on Halloween.

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Erin & Sara Foster Oct 28, 2026

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Erin and Sara Foster (Nobody Wants This, The World’s First Podcast, Favorite Daughter) are producers, entrepreneurs, and podcast hosts. Erin and Sara join the Armchair Expert to discuss thinking their dad was unimpressive next to Goldie Hawn, refusing to join their family’s reality show, and Sara starting therapy after Erin’s intervention. Erin, Sara, and Dax talk about the temptation to buy podcast views, why listeners prefer their episodes without guests, and building a business around people knowing the real them. Erin and Sara explain why money doesn’t erase childhood hurt, how one story from their dad changed Erin’s understanding of being loved, and why winning a fight can still feel like losing.

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Mom's Car: Guy Stevenson Oct 27, 2026

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On this week’s episode of Mom’s Car we welcome Guy Stevenson (MADtv, Reno 911!, Punk’d). Guy, Dax, and Best Friend Aaron Weakley talk through competing for alpha status at the Groundlings, Dax’s decades-long boxing lie, getting sober in the Marines, bouncing at Jumbo’s Clown Room, the making of Dax’s all-time favorite sketch, asking a heart surgeon for a wolf upgrade, and a motorcycle road trip neither Dax nor Aaron was brave enough to cancel.

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Nobody Wants This Oct 26, 2026

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Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, and Timothy Simons are actors on the series Nobody Wants This. The cast joins the Armchair Expert for Nobody Wants This Week to discuss Kristen’s first press appearance on TRL, Adam not knowing how to make coffee when he met his wife, and the peanut butter fingerprints that exposed Justine’s engagement-ring discovery. The cast and Dax talk about playing messy singles as married parents, protecting a romantic lead from becoming unforgivable, and Justine accidentally calling cut while kissing Tim. They explain why embarrassment can disguise itself as anger, which domestic habits their spouses will have to accept, and whose job it is to intervene when the in-laws hate your partner.

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Armchair Anonymous: News II Oct 23, 2026

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Dax and Monica talk to Armcherries! In today's episode, Armcherries tell us about a time they made the news.

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